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  2. I compared skiing and snowboarding as a beginner. There ... - AOL

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    Of course, neither skiing nor snowboarding gives you complete 360-degree views, but I felt like my vision was overall better on skis — especially as a beginner. Navigating on flat surfaces is ...

  3. Freeriding (winter sport) - Wikipedia

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    A professional ski guide in deep powder in Lech ski area in Austria. Snowboarder freeriding with high speed at the Hintertux glacier skiing area in Austria. Freeriding is a style of skiing or snowboarding performed on natural, un-groomed terrain, without a set course, goals or rules. It evolved throughout the sport's formative years as a ...

  4. Winter sports - Wikipedia

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    Common individual sports include: cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping, speed skating, figure skating, luge, skeleton, bobsleigh, ski orienteering and snowmobiling. Common team sports include ice hockey , ringette , broomball (on either an indoor ice rink, or an outdoor ice rink or field of snow), curling , rinkball ...

  5. Snowboarding - Wikipedia

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    Snowboarding in Valfréjus, France Snowboarder riding off of a cornice Freeride snowboarding, in areas off of the main trails. The first snowboards were developed in 1965 when Sherm Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill.

  6. Skiing - Wikipedia

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    As equipment evolved and ski lifts were developed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, two main genres of skiing emerged—Alpine (downhill) skiing and Nordic skiing. The main difference between the two is the type of ski binding (the way in which the ski boots are attached to the skis).

  7. Extreme sport - Wikipedia

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    Examples include changing snow conditions for snowboarders, rock and ice quality for climbers, and wave height and shape for surfers. Whilst traditional sporting judgment criteria may be adopted when assessing performance (distance, time, score, etc.), extreme sports performers are often evaluated on more subjective and aesthetic criteria. [ 9 ]

  8. The best sunscreens for skiing and snowboarding ... - AOL

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    Skiing and snowboarding are activities that still require the use of sunscreen, and failure to apply can lead to sun damage in the form of fine lines, wrinkles, dullness, inflammation and uneven tone.

  9. Backcountry snowboarding - Wikipedia

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    Backcountry snowboarding is snowboarding in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes or pistes in the backcountry, frequently amongst trees ("glade boarding"), usually in pursuit of fresh fallen snow, known as powder. [1] [2] Often, the land and the snow pack are not monitored, patrolled, or maintained.